So the G7 has agreed to …nothing
A victory for the Taliban
The BBC avoiding blaming Biden .
Meanwhile Departures at Kabul airport become more frantic . The so Islamic promoting BBC has its work cut out now .
Midweek Thread 25 August 2021
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“A woman is registered and her fingerprints taken as the home secretary looks on”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58350542
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The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about
The suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester last year had been rescued from the Libyan civil war by the Royal Navy. Salman Abedi detonated a home-made bomb in the foyer of the Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017 as concert-goers, many of them children, were leaving the venue.31 Jul 2018
Man getting planning permission shocker !
One entry for Rishi in expenses … hard to believe …
Land and property: (i) value over �100,000 (ii) rental income of over �10,000 a year
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25428
September 3rd new six-part weekly TV series that celebrates Black British music
and features performances by some of the industry’s top performers.
The show will see DJ Target mix it up with stars from various entertainment backgrounds, including sports and film, in addition to performances and cyphers with artists from around the UK.
https://yeeeaahnetwork.com/dj-target-announces-new-bbc-music-series-tonight-show-with-target/
BBC1Xtra tweet that the show is “dedicated to Black music and culture”
… https://twitter.com/1Xtra/status/1429805630278324231
No White people in Black Panther?
Black and Black Minstrels Show?
BBC Asian Network is a British Asian radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station’s target audience is people “with an interest in British Asian lifestyles”, especially British Asians between the ages of 18 and 34. The station has production centres in London and Birmingham. Wikipedia
Extinction Rebellion has shown little regard for people’s lives when it comes to blocking ambulances, so Guido’s not surprised to hear their protests are now affecting the vaccine rollout. Yesterday a friend of Guido’s turned up to a pop-up vaccine clinic in SW1, having booked in for their second jab. After a couple of minutes, a member of staff came out to inform the queue of around 10 people that there was a “problem with a few of the vials” and they weren’t sure they’d have enough to do everyone – all of whom had appointments.
(order-order)
Sounds coming from the east that the Taliban probably has more armaments now than the British Army .
Thanks Joe !
Boris better tool up because we in Great Britain are now in danger.
Over to you Al Beeb …….”what we know”
The BBC continue to give the Imbecile-In-Chief a relatively easy ride. In one early report on his latest ‘news conference’, a BBC presenter intoned in hushed voice: “President Biden had this warning for ISK…”
Cut to the old fraud doing a laughable impersonation of Liam Neeson: “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay”.
(I was waiting for him to follow up with “I have a very particular set of skills…”)
This from the man who couldn’t hunt down his cat on the White House lawn; whose military is in full shambolic rout; who’s currently crashing out of the very country from which he could “hunt them down”.
A man who can barely walk; who can’t talk without a teleprompter and even then bungles his well scripted and rehearsed lines.
Mercifully he’ll be kicked out soon, so he can go back to what he’s good at: sniffing little girls and doing crooked deals with his crackhead son.
But what then? The next two in line are even worse – laughing hyena Kamala and wicked witch Pelosi.
If that sorry shower were just taking America to hell, I wouldn’t mind too much – America voted him in (allegedly). But they’re taking the world with them.
While the BBC report, in the mildest terms, that ‘some people are criticising Biden for his handling of the withdrawal’, if you want to see the real, incandescent rage he’s provoking in some quarters, have look at Fox News or Newsmax.
https://www.youtube.com/c/FoxNews/videos
https://www.youtube.com/c/NewsmaxtvLive/videos
TWatO Watch #1 – the lefty/liberal/socialist mind just does not compute
Very interesting and somewhat fractious ‘interview’ conducted by Lyse Doucet with Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan. It was very revealing of the complete collision between a Western Hard-Left Socialist view of the world and a man who is presumably a Muslim and represents a Muslim State to another Muslim country, Afghanistan.
I think the Hard-Left BBC Socialist view realises that their cosy liberalised victimised world is about to become seriously fragmented by terrorism. Lyse was scrabbling hard to hold on to her ‘position’.
Here’s another example of woke journalist meeting harsh reality.
This naïve female journo asks Taliban representatives whether people will be allowed to vote-in women politicians.
So far they’ve been successfully lying through their teeth about democracy and human rights etc, while just about managing to keep a straight face. But that question sends them over the edge.
https://youtu.be/PKRF9KWhKZk
1pm local radio news
#3 item is #PRasNews
“The non-profit org Dream Heritage from Howden want to know about empty premises, that might be converted into accommodation for Afghan refugees
It uses the skills of volunteer unemployed/disabled to restore run down properties”
Spokeswoman “Let us know about these properties we can raise them with MigrationYorkshire *..and restore them for homes for refugees.”
* … https://twitter.com/MigrationYorks/status/1430544088433111053
(Sounds like a bandwagoning cos actually @DREAMCIC1’s mandate is supposed to be to turn “unloved heritage sites into community spaces-by, with and for the community.”)
While we are watching the Biden Disaster unfold – her is an extract from the DT today regarding our key subject –
THE BBC AND THE LICENCE FEE –
The BBC licence fee is in terminal decline because increasing numbers of people will refuse to pay it, the media minister has said.
There are currently 24.8 million licences in force, according to BBC figures, with that figure having stood at 25.8 million two years ago.
Moreover, around 260,000 over-75s contacted by TV Licensing have yet to arrange payment.
John Whittingdale, the minister for media and data, said he expected the downward trend to continue each year.
He told the Edinburgh TV Festival: “I think it inevitable that certain trends which are now clearly visible will continue. One is the switch away from linear viewing. The second is, in the longer term, the decline in willingness to pay the BBC’s licence fee.
“And those are going to put real challenges on all the UK public service broadcasters. So the debate about how to sustain public service broadcasting is only just beginning.”
Mr Whittingdale also discussed the potential privatisation of Channel 4 in a debate with James Graham, the playwright whose television dramas have included Quiz for ITV and Brexit: An Uncivil War. Graham warned that privatisation could lead to the UK becoming “a cultural colony to America”.
The Government has argued that private ownership could bolster Channel 4 in the face of competition from US streaming giants.
But Graham said: “I despair a bit at the idea that we have to raise the white flag on public service broadcasting because of the arrival of these majority-American online streamers.
“I adore my Netflix and Apple and YouTube. The quality of writing on these streaming platforms is incredible. The problem is, and I know this from personal experience in meetings about creating ideas for content, that because [a streaming service] has a global perspective it needs a British drama to appeal to people in Germany and China and, particularly America.
“That is going to have an impact on the idiosyncratic British worlds which Channel 4 really enjoys finding, and doesn’t massively care if a view in Idaho is going to watch it or not. We don’t want to become a cultural colony to America, which I think we will increasingly become.”
Mr Whittingdale said: “We want to preserve Channel 4 going forward and we do think this model is going to be very difficult to sustain because of the power and amount of choice available from the streamers. It’s about trying to make sure Channel 4 can continue to thrive in what will be a very different landscape to anything with which we have been familiar.”
He said that any buyers would be told that they must preserve the Channel 4 remit. ENDS
our biggest fear is that the BBC is funded out of general taxation – which a lot of less informed people would welcome because their licence tax ‘disappears ‘…. Then there would be no real accountability
Fedup2
The BBC have only themselves to blame . It should have been scrapped years ago when it went political.
But is their ‘swansong’ to deliberately irritate and insult the people of Great Britain and spite us with fewer and fewer white people on set and broadcast woke programmes ?
No doubt , if it does go, there will be big redundancy packages for the lefties at the top of the list.
They always miss the point. Channel 4 might enjoy ‘Idiosyncratic’ marginal stuff…but the majority of the public don’t.
Legendary broadcaster Jon Snow attended Glastonbury over the weekend and has now responded to eye-witness reports that he chanted “fuck the tories” along with the festival crowd.
Speaking to HuffPost UK about the report, Jon Snow said in a statement: “After a day at Glastonbury, I can honestly say I have no recollection of what was chanted, sung or who I took over 1000 selfies with”.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/channel-4-jon-snow-respond-claims-chanted-tories-glastonbury-2095500
My Week as a Muslim {channel4}
“A woman from a mostly white town uses prosthetics to transform her appearance on a visit to Manchester’s Pakistani Muslim community as the city deals with a recent terrorist attack”
– will this women go into Luton as a Muslim women?
“Who you trying to seduce? … Go put on some clothes.” – Muslim women says to Stacey Dooley
– Muslim women wearing black Burqa talks to Stacey, who is wearing a pretty summer dress
. . . in other Muslim news (not to be confused with real Muslims) . . .
MOGADISHU (Somalia), Oct. 18 (Xinhua) — The Somali capital of Mogadishu is still coming to terms with the Saturday bomb attack (by Al-Shabaab) which has so far claimed over 300 lives as rescue and recovery teams continue moving the rubble to find trapped victims.
. . .
“Movement of Striving Youth” – more commonly known as al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab is an offshoot of the Islamic Courts Union.
Given the grim news above, our Prime Minister should now make Britain a fortress . By that he should ensure our borders are secure from enemy incursions . We are a natural fortress surrounded by the sea. It should be used as a barrier not a means of entry.
The first duty of the British government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure.
Scrap the Border Farce change the Home Secretary and get the Royal Navy in to do the job.
Somali criminals must stay in UK, rules European Court
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13956008
The UK must not deport two Somalis convicted of serious crimes because to do so would endanger their lives, the European Court of Human Rights says.
The Strasbourg judges said the UK’s duty to protect the two from torture or inhumane treatment was “absolute”.
The pair, aged 24 and 42, were served with deportation orders after being convicted of burglary, threats to kill, robbery and dealing in class A drugs.
Taffman,
Get the Gurkhas to do it and give them a bonus for each one they stop arriving.
In a week we will have no channel crossers.
Oh, and give them a proper pension as well.
Has anyone noticed on the Joe Bidet ‘read out loud for the tv’ that he will occasionally veer to the left then veer over to the right before getting back to standing straight up.
Like an upside down pendulum.
It just doesn’t look right and I half expect him to keep on veering until he falls over like Del Boy at the bar.
EG, have you seen any clips of him walking into the room – or walking anywhere for that matter? Not watching telly has its limitations which I’m willing to embrace. Can’t recall video clips on here showing China Joe on the move. One way to diagnose Parkinson’s Disease is to look at the walk of the potential victim.
TWatO Watch #2 – is it going to be an uncomfortable Bank Holiday weekend for some Civil Servants?
Positions may or may not have to be considered. Anthony Loyd of the Times is allowed by friendly Taliban to enter the UK Embassy compound in Kabul. Loyd finds British documents scattered around and photographs them. They were job applications and included residence details of Afghans who wished to work for the British.
A report by Her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons finds that Chelmsford Prison is on the point of collapse. The Civil Serpents on the spot have not been doing their job properly. The Civil Serpents in the Home Office have not been doing their job properly. The BBC, of course, naturally blames the Government and says they have twenty-eight days to respond.
The BBC will, no doubt, be calling for Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, and Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, to be sacked by the Prime Minister. The BBC will, no doubt, not be calling for the Permanent Under-Secretaries at Foreign and at Home to be sacked. I have a suspicion this is a set-up.
Lessons will be learnt (c) every official since the dawn of time
Supreme Court deals blow to Biden by reinstating ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
70,716 views27 Aug 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan on Sunday said his government would release a last batch of Taliban prisoners, removing the final hurdle in the way of direct negotiations with the insurgents to end the country’s long war.
His announcement came after a consultative assembly where he had been advised by thousands of representatives from across the country.
The release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners, which the United States agreed to in a February deal with the insurgents that also began the phased withdrawal of American troops, faced opposition from the Afghan government, which is holding the prisoners. After prolonged pressure from the Trump administration, Mr. Ghani released 4,600 prisoners from a list provided by the Taliban but called for consultations over 400, who he said were accused or convicted of major crimes, including murder, that were beyond his authority to pardon.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-prisoners-peace-talks.html
In 2 minutes of expletive filled rant,
Andrew Lawrence speaks more truth about the state of America and the world than you’ll hear in a year on the BBC.
In 2 minutes of expletive filled rant, Andrew Lawrence speaks more truth about the state of America and the world than you’ll hear in a year on the BBC.
13 effs 3 c s 1 bs 2 p—s offs in a 2 minute 30 second coherent rant … if only a few Americans could see it ….
Denmark France Canada Spain have gone – guess we must be next please – don’t want a single para with even a paper cut …..but could we trust america to cover our Afgee exit ?
Social engineering is the term used for a broad range of malicious activities accomplished through human interactions. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information. Social engineering attacks happen in one or more steps.
“lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies.” {bbc.co.uk aug2019} – the death of freedom of speech.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49259942
1765 …. **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one ’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.** They may use a pen or their voice, and should not be prevented from writing any more than speaking …That is the law in England, a monarchical country, where people are freer than elsewhere because they are more enlightened. – Voltaire, Republican Ideas, 1765
2019 …Australia’s highest court has made a landmark ruling that a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies. The court rejected her claim that she had been denied a right to free speech. – Australia, 2019
1765 … **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.**
2019 … ** a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies.**
Australia’s highest court has made a landmark ruling that a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies.
Michaela Banerji was fired in 2013 for her criticisms – expressed under a pseudonym – of the nation’s controversial immigration programmes.
Saudi for Saudis.
Iran for Irans.
Afghanistan for Taliban.
UK for everyone running from Islam.
Because of the current circumstances – I am opening the weekend thread now .
Thanks for all your contributions – except trolls of course .
The Andrew Lawrence Speech deserves a wide view ….
Enjoy the Bank Holiday!
I’ve shared it widely with my American friends and colleagues
Dob
Ha ha – there goes the ‘special relationship ‘( being americas’ mug )
Just when you thought Bidens incompetence (or maybe it isn’t and it’s more sinister) couldn’t get any worse, it turns out that the US has handed over details of all the Afghan people who aided and assisted the Americans in their time in the country, and also details what they did for them.
The Americans claim they did this so the Taleban would allow them to pass through to the airport for extraction, but what they have done in reality is handed over a kill list to their enemies.
It’s hard to think of a more incompetent thing to have done, but when you are dealing with Socialists every which way is incompetence!
The nutters encouraged Afghan Gays to be out and proud and flew the rainbow flag in Kabul – a more provocative action is difficult to contemplate, now those Gays are being hunted down by Radical Muslims who are following the instruction book!
We did the same too Thoughtful … see the front page of today’s Times
Berlin, Germany 2016
Arrested German spy was a onetime gay porn actor — and a secret Islamist {washingtonpost nov2016}
“BERLIN — Two weeks ago, German intelligence agents noticed an unusual user in a chat room known as a digital hideout for Islamic militants. The man claimed to be one of them — and said he was a German spy. He was offering to help Islamists infiltrate his agency’s (In April 2016, the man began working for the BfV, assigned to monitoring potentially violent Islamists in Germany.) defenses to stage a strike.
Agents lured him into a private chat, and he gave away so many details about the spy agency — and his own directives within it to thwart Islamists — that they quickly identified him, arresting the 51-year-old the next day. Only then would the extent of his double life become clear.
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It’s not only a rather bizarre, but also a quite scary, story that an agency, whose central role it is to engage in counterespionage, hired an Islamist who potentially had access to classified information, who might have even tried to spread Islamist propaganda and to recruit others to let themselves be hired by and possibly launch an attack”